Dear Gawker, Volvo, and Jalopnik:

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 07/19/2016 at 08:14 • Filed to: None

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Stuff I don’t like:

Stupid video ads for the S90 that cause my phone to pause Spotify even though the ad is muted.

Way to alienate your target Jalopnik audience of people who won’t buy your car but complain about how no one is buying your car.

samssun > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 08:46

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Listen here HomelySunchipsOfChodes: times is tough. If you block the ads, Gawker might not be able to pay off Hogan, meaning Jalopnik might be parted out in bankruptcy. And we wouldn't want that...

Echo51 > samssun 07/19/2016 at 08:50

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We’d just do a group buy and run oppositelock as the new jalopnik frontpage...

Die-Trying > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 08:54

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Jalopnik......... go for the advertising, stay for the content.......?

Flavien Vidal > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 08:58

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I have no ad problems like that...

Honeybunchesofgoats > samssun 07/19/2016 at 08:59

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Does that mean I can buy graverobber?

I’ll force him to browse Craigslist with me and write up NPoCP stories for each open tab.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Flavien Vidal 07/19/2016 at 09:00

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Is it because you’re stealing content with an adblocker?

Flavien Vidal > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 09:03

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Nope, on my phone right now, no adblocker...

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 09:08

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What are these ads you speak of?

Honeybunchesofgoats > Flavien Vidal 07/19/2016 at 09:09

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Weird. Maybe Volvo doesn't want to sell to you.

Honeybunchesofgoats > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 07/19/2016 at 09:11

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Content thieves like you are the reason that Macho Man Randy Savage was able to buy Gawker Media from Hulk Hogan for a Slim Jim.

Nibbles > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 09:35

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I don’t get those autoplay ads either on my Windows Phone

Wheelerguy > Nibbles 07/19/2016 at 09:39

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Neither do I, and I’m on iOS 9. This shit’s on Kinja. Let’s keep it at that.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 09:53

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I disagree sir, I am not a content thief. I am merely choosing how my mobile data gets spent, Gawker does not pay my phone bill every month so I don’t see why I should let them take money out of my pocket with ads I don’t want to see. Depending on the website up to 30% of data spent on viewing the webpage is ad’s and quite frankly if Gawker media was a little more diligent on the content of their ads I’d be more inclined to allow them to consume my data. However they don’t, so I won’t.

If you want people to see your ads, you have to make them want to see it and not force them. This is coming from someone who worked for a Marketing company for a spell before my current job.

Honeybunchesofgoats > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 07/19/2016 at 09:59

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I was just kidding.

Although now you have me wondering how much data a video ad like that Volvo one uses and I’m even more irritated than I was.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 10:02

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I know lol, I was just being a dick. They use a lot and you’d be surprised how much better your browsing experience is with out them.

Honeybunchesofgoats > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 07/19/2016 at 10:07

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At least on the iPhone, using adblockers seemed to turn Kinja into more of a dumpster fire than usual, but it think it’s because most of them has social button blocking. I just ended up giving up and accepting my fate.

Thomas Donohue > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 10:15

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I realized last week that it actually locks up my Firefox browser. Pain in the A....

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 10:39

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Android seems to be just the usual dumpster fire so who knows.

WiscoProud > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 07/19/2016 at 11:29

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Well said.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/19/2016 at 13:01

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Android phone. No ad blocker and I’ve never seen one of em

Don’t blame the poor volvo though. It’s not their fault gawker uses their ad that way

samssun > Echo51 07/19/2016 at 19:15

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That’s been my hope since the verdict